Forbidden

The Forbidden City is more impressive than I could have imagined.  I was simply awestruck.  The recent snowfall made everything all the more impressive.

I was particularly tickled by the lofty names of all the halls and pavilions.

From every angle, there is jaw-dropping vista behind jaw-dropping vista.

At Jingshan Park just north of the northern moat, I saw the spot where Chongzhen, the last Ming emperor, hung himself from a tree.

High atop the Prospect Hill, is a pavillion housing a Buddha statue.
I was also able to look back at the Forbidden City above the snow-flecked pines, its halls receding into the mist and/or smog.